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The production of malondialdehyde (MDA) was higher in cotyledons from NaCl-raised Brassica juncea seedlings than in control seedlings. Light accelerated the MDA-producing capacity of thylakoids isolated from both control and treated seedlings. When exposed to strong white light (920 μmol photons m-2 s-1) the thylakoids from NaCl seedlings produced nearly 5 times more MDA than control thylakoids. In the cotyledons of NaCl seedlings, the proline level was 24-fold higher than in controls. The presence of proline during exposure of thylakoids to white light decreased MDA levels. The reduction in MDA production was higher in the thylakoids of NaCl seedlings than of controls. It is proposed that proline accumulation has an adaptive significance as it lowers the generation of free radicals and thus reduces the lipid peroxidation linked membrane deterioration under stress.
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Alia, Saradhi, P.P. & Mohanty, P. Proline in relation to free radical production in seedlings of Brassica juncea raised under sodium chloride stress. Plant Soil 155, 497–500 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025092
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